@Mastodon

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Our mission is to connect the world through thriving online communities.

This is the primary account for the Mastodon project.

For technical software updates, follow @MastodonEngineering

For news and updates on the Mastodon servers that we operate (like this one!), follow @staff

Homepagehttps://joinmastodon.org
Source Codehttps://github.com/mastodon
Bloghttps://blog.joinmastodon.org
Donatehttps://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

Following on from yesterday's blog post about the new design for profiles coming in Mastodon 4.6... here is the video of @imanijoy recent talk at @fossdesign where they discuss the challenges and detailed thought that goes into the design of new features (and the redesign of existing ones). 🖌️

#FOSSBack #Mastodon #OpenSourceDesign #UX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxpTvbTy54

Imani Joy – A Solo Designer’s Survival Guide to the Fediverse #FOSSDesign

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There's much more to discover! Read the blog post for more information, and let us know what you think.

These updates will start to appear on mastodon.social and other servers running nightly builds from today, and will be available to everyone in Mastodon 4.6, coming in a few weeks.

Profile editing is now a unified experience, with everything in a single view. You can also now add alt text for profile and cover photos.
We've reworked featured hashtags, pinned posts, and custom fields to make the most important details more easily discoverable, and make better use of vertical space.
A new Activity tab has a dropdown menu for filtering different views of information (posts, boosts, replies) so you can find the information you're interested in.

Coming soon in Mastodon 4.6 - a redesigned profile page. We've used community feedback and surveys to inform these updates. In our latest blog post, @imanijoy explains our design thinking and choices. Here are a few highlights 🧵

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-redesign-for-profiles/

A Redesign for Profiles

Sharing the design thinking for the new look coming to profile pages.

Mastodon Blog
Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse

An article making the case that the Fediverse is a fantastic communication platform for public institutions - because of its openness, transparency and reach.

Elena Rossini

The February 2026 Trunk & Tidbits is posted. Our monthly engineering update, including progress on 4.6, our AI contribution policy, upcoming end-of-life for version 4.3, some posts about the Share button, and more.

#MastoDev #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/trunk-tidbits-february-2026/

Trunk & Tidbits, February 2026

Product and engineering updates from the Mastodon team.

Mastodon Blog
We've got something to Share! We hope you'll find it useful. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-new-share-button/
A new Share button

We'd like to help you to Share to Mastodon, with a new tool.

Mastodon Blog
Wir nutzen den #DIDay heute, um auf unseren anderen Kanälen von Facebook bis LinkedIn fleißig die Werbetrommel für das Fediverse zu rühren. Und wer von euch auch noch was zum weiterempfehlen braucht: @Mastodon bietet heute um 14:00 Uhr einen Mastodon Onboarding Workshop an: https://termine.di.day/events/0416dee7-cc7f-4e2a-aa94-ff11322daaaa